Old Chicago is not opening.  Famous Dave's is reopening in March, which is not good news to me.  They are looking for employees for this "new" blues theme restaurant.

http://kansascity.craigslist.org/fbh/1037340947.html

It'd call announcing your new business w/o your landlord's approval both stupid AND arrogant.

As to who I am? I'm just a downtown employee that sometimes is privy to P&L information.

Famous daves set to reopen around march 4th. More open design and live music some nights...I think bringing in blues on nights would be a great move.

Put this place out of its misery



http://www.kansascity.com/2011/04/04/2776219/pinstripes-focuses-on-south-overland.html#ixzz1IewS67Nf

The 2-3 times I've been dragged there kicking and screaming, and the countless times I've walked by for whatever reason, they have never really been busy. I guess they probably do OK during the Big XII tourney or whatever, but seriously... that place is just dead.

Probably Cordish's biggest tenant miscalculation.  This has to go into the annals of the "what were they thinking" category.  But unlike several others, it's still in business.

FWIW

The Famous Daves in the Branson Landing is a busy place.

Perfect example of what fFamous Dave's is....and why it doesn't belong at p&l

It belongs in Olathe or Overland Park but they don't have location in Johnson County on the KS side. Also they dont' heve on in Jackson or Cass County either.

Olathe and OP have plenty of good BBQ. It belong in Illinois or Indiana.

Damn now I want BBQ for lunch and we have no walkable downtown bbq.....angry face.

I guess winslows. Ehh.

Little Egypt and southern Illinois have a lot of excelent bbq.

Walked by here at 12:30 today and it was closed.  Talked about "limited" lunch hours.  From the outside it looke like it is done.

Sounds like mixx hours

I'm sure it's probably not long for this world.

So what is the new concept that cordish would approve?  Dicks last resort?  Or does this guy give up all together and a oklahoma joe's or bb lqwnside bbq open up?

I'm not sure it belongs anywhere on earth.  The fact that it remains in business is more baffling than the existence of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

I wish one of the of the bbq joints would do a truck during lunch hours downtown. Seems like a no-brainer. Obviously, it'd be more like a catered truck where the cooking wouldn't happen there, but they would do the prep right there. Cut the meat and likewise.

I don't know if there are any economics to support it, but imagine a Gate's mobile trailer that could show up downtown, at the Plaza Arts Fair, at the American Royal, late night in Westport and P&L, etc.  Just so long as the servers still shout the "Hi, may I help you!"  They could just have a bunch of pre-made beef on buns w/ fries, some Georgie Burgers, and other packaged things that can be put together ahead of time.  It seems like Gate's lends itself to this type of thing more than other places.

Both Gate's and Bryant's are probably too close to open another location downtown, so this could bridge the gap.  Other than that, Cordish should be sending Okie Joe's gold bricks in the mail.

Working on BBQ truck in crossroads. Mmmmmmmmmm